These two dealerships will sit on 31 acres on the west side of Dallas Parkway between Windhaven and Spring Creek Parkway. And unto themselves will be like a small city with the Buick store having a 119,000 square foot building with a state-of-the-art body shop featuring 47 inground stalls, a customer lounge and work areas, full service coffee bar and children’s play area. While the Mercedes-Benz store will be a 155,000 square foot building with 1,200 parking spaces, a customer lounge/work areas, cafe’ seating, children’s play area, full service coffee bar and a high capacity service area with 100 bays.

As a side bar Park Place Lexus Plano is billed as the largest Lexus dealership in the U.S. at 170,000 square foot facility and stands as a testament to the North Texas area’s growing prominence as a luxury car market. Schnitzer through his Park Place Dealership subsidiary also owns Bentley, Jaguar, Lotus, Maserati, McLaren, Infiniti, Volvo and Rolls-Royce dealerships. Makes one wonder ……with ownership of about every luxury marquee car out there…..what’s Mr Schnitzner’s personal ride of choice? Maybe he chooses to be incognito wherever he arrives and comes in the backdoor so he remains PC and doesn’t publicly endorse any car maker in particular. So I’m going to put myself in Mr Schnitzer’s shoes and say I would blantaly personally drive a Bentley EXP 10 Speed 6 Concept when it comes to market but until then my daily ride would be the BENTLEY Continental GT Speed convertible.

SIDE BAR: You notice Park Place Jaguar mentioned above and I wondered why Mr Schnitzer wouldn’t move this luxury marquee dealership of his to be in the PLANO HOOD of luxury marquees near his Park Place Lexus Plano locale …… a little birdy told me Park Place Jaguar is being moved to the GRAPEVINE consortium of luxury marquees along with a new LAND ROVER dealership that has been awarded Park Place Dealerships. Makes sense since both Jaguar and Land Rover are owned by TATA MOTORS out of India.

PERSONAL OPINION: Don’t really agree that Park Place Jaguar isn’t going to be in the PLANO LUXURY HOOD GROUP …..but understand Tata Motors wanting the Grapevine set up with Park Place as there’s the long time Land Rover dealership in Frisco just five miles up Preston Road from the Park Place Lexus Plano store.

BOTTOM LINE: There’s a lot of moving parts, so to speak, when it comes to LUXURY MARQUEE cars that can be found within a five mile radius of DNT between Windhaven and Spring Creek Parkway in the 75024 zip code of Plano. Or if you stop and think about it …..if you can’t find it here you probably have way to much monies to spend on a luxury car.

From 35 years in the corporate world to a full-time Broker & REALTOR® for the last 15 years, I know real estate. I share my extensive knowledge and expertise with buyers, sellers or investors, personally. I am a NATIVE TEXAN and know the local market better than anyone else. Any questions? Just ask.